... Euro- pean powers, he was not supported by Russia in his efforts, Advices were sent by the governor of Astrakhan of the Persian Shah's intention, and hints were thrown out to the Russian Court by their merchants in other countries, that the Shah was not ...

... Executive Government of India, yielding to the pressure of this sort of adviser, has promulgated an edict worthy rather of a Persian Shah than of an English Queen. Mr. Gladstone charitably accounts for the magnificent imperialism of this arbitrary specimen ...